ISRO has successfully tested drogue parachutes for the Gaganyaan crew module at its Chandigarh facility. The rocket-sled trials simulated high-speed re-entry conditions, ensuring parachutes deploy and stabilize the capsule. This achievement marks a critical milestone as India prepares for its first crewed space mission, aiming to join the US, Russia, and China in human spaceflight.
RRI’s PRATUSH—a credit-card-sized computer payload—will detect faint radio signals from hydrogen to study the “Cosmic Dawn”. Designed for deployment on the Moon’s far side, the system offers noise-free, efficient data handling using an SBC and FPGA combo. If successful, it could help determine when the first stars formed and expand our cosmic understanding.
A newly discovered asteroid, 2025 QV5, about the size of a school bus, will safely pass Earth today at a distance of 500,000 miles, roughly twice as far as the moon. NASA’s JPL notes it will not return this close again until September 2125. Scientists are tracking its path to refine orbital predictions and future flybys.
Ashneer Grover’s Rise and Fall debuts on Amazon MX Player on September 6, 2025. The reality show brings intense competition, strategic challenges, and Grover’s fiery personality to the screen. Here is all you need to know about its OTT debut.
At its Demo Store in Berlin, Germany, Dyson on Thursday unveiled a wide range of new products. Founder and Chair James Dyson introduced the lineup, which includes vacuum and floor cleaners, hair dryers, air purifiers, heaters, bladeless fans, and other haircare devices. Among the highlights was the Dyson PencilVac, a vacuum with a 38mm diameter handle that is set to arrive in select markets later this year.
On October 3, 2025, interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will pass just 30 million km from Mars — nine times closer than from Earth. ESA’s Mars Express and TGO, along with NASA and China’s orbiters, will attempt to image its coma, analyze gases, and study this rare visitor from beyond the solar system.
Bun Butter Jam --- the new Tamil-language romantic-comedy depicts the clash between generations as the mothers want to bring their kids together, while the Gen Z kids like different things in life, leading to chaotic and funny events. The film starts streaming on OTT platforms soon.
Kannappa, written and acted by Vishnu Manchu, is a Telugu-language devotional movie that is now streaming on Prime Video. The film explores themes of devotion, power, and Hinduism. It has a stellar star case, featuring Akshay Kumar, Prabhas, Mohanlal, Kajal Aggarwal, R. Sarathkumar, and more.
Astronomers using JWST and Hubble have discovered JWST’s Quintet, a system of at least five merging galaxies just 800 million years after the Big Bang. This rare find shows how galaxies grew rapidly in the early universe and may explain how some became inactive so soon.